I think I first became aware of the plight of the monarch butterfly a year or so ago. I know it was last year that I learned of a friend’s efforts to raise them. I thought that sounded neat, so put it on this year’s gardening agenda. In late June, I went over to her house to see a batch she had going. There were already chrysalises formed! She had a ton of milkweed in her yard and I went home with four of her more immature plants. Of those four, two began to thrive, one sort of struggled and one died. She also gave me a packet of seeds, which I dutifully planted in four to five different areas of my gardens. The seeds only sprouted in one of the areas and I ended up thinning them out to four plants.
A Magical Summer Project
A Magical Summer Project
A Magical Summer Project
I think I first became aware of the plight of the monarch butterfly a year or so ago. I know it was last year that I learned of a friend’s efforts to raise them. I thought that sounded neat, so put it on this year’s gardening agenda. In late June, I went over to her house to see a batch she had going. There were already chrysalises formed! She had a ton of milkweed in her yard and I went home with four of her more immature plants. Of those four, two began to thrive, one sort of struggled and one died. She also gave me a packet of seeds, which I dutifully planted in four to five different areas of my gardens. The seeds only sprouted in one of the areas and I ended up thinning them out to four plants.